Qabus al-Saidi

Qabus al-Saidi (604-676) was a general of the Rashidun Caliphate. Saidi was a leader of the Muslims during the conquest of the Sassanid Empire and their campaigns up to the Indus River.

Biography
Qabus al-Saidi was born in 604 in the city-state of Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia. He converted to Islam in 623, and he became a follower of the prophet Muhammad, taking part in his campaigns in Arabia against the pagan rulers of Mecca. Qabus became a general under Abu Bakr after the 632 death of the prophet, and he took command of an army of the Rashidun Caliphate that was sent to invade the Sassanid Empire of Persia. al-Saidi assisted in the conquest of Kuwait and Iraq before taking command of his own force during the invasion of Iran, during which he won a great victory at the Battle of Shadegan in 641 AD. al-Saidi continued on to the Hindu Kush Mountains, stopping just west of the present-day capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, by 656 AD. He assisted in the early campaigns against the Afghans, before he died in 676 AD at the age of 72.